hugo chavez wants to be paid attention to. i don't expect him to be pivoting in any way radically from what he did before. it plays well in caracas. it plays well in venezuela. he is going to continue to be very provocative with the united states no matter who wins the election. >> you heard him say he would vote for obama as opposed to romney. why does he think obama is better than romney? >> reporter: you know, he called obama rational a few nights ago. to univision, president barack obama in a spanish language interview said, we do not see anything that venezuela is doing against the u.s. national interest. that goes against what republicans, including senator marco rubio, has said clearly and loudly. venezuela supports syria. venezuela supports iran. they could, in fact, be supporting hezbollah here in the country, although there isn't any concrete proof of that. those people, the republicans are saying, look, pay attention to venezuela. we need to understand what they're doing in this hemisph e hemisphere. >> paula newton